Ara: Bhojpur police and the district intelligence unit (DIU) seized over 1kg heroin worth about Rs 2 crore and arrested a suspected drug peddler in a joint operation on Monday.Acting on a tip-off received by Bhojpur SP Awadhesh Dixit that a large quantity of heroin was being smuggled from Patna to Ara, a joint team of Ara Nawada police station personnel and the DIU cordoned off the area near Bahiro Sun temple.The team arrested Bahadur Paswan, a resident of Babura village under Babura police station, and seized the heroin from his possession.Ara Nawada SHO Kumar Rajnikant confirmed the seizure. The Bhojpur SP had earlier confirmed the action to some media persons.During interrogation, Bahadur told the police he was smuggling the heroin from Patna to Babura via Ara. Police are investigating to identify the main supplier and trace the drug network.Police suspect the arrested man is linked to an inter-district or inter-state drug trafficking gang.
